Claude Harry COOMBER

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Service Number:	2129
Enlisted:	6 July 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alectown, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1890
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Paddington Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2129, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2129, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
31 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 2129, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2129 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-14

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